Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh is an Irish boys' secondary school founded under the patronage of the

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. It is located in

Bishopstown Bishopstown () is a suburb of Cork, located in the south west of the city. It is made-up of the townlands of Ballineaspigbeg and Ballineaspigmore (sometimes spelled Ballinaspigmore), and is located in the civil parish of St. Finbar's in the hi ...

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, Ireland.

History

Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh is a non-fee-paying, Catholic, all-boys school in

, Cork. It was founded by Brother Bonaventure of the Presentation Brothers in 1964. The Brothers withdrew from direct management in 1992 but continued their involvement until 2009, when they handed the trusteeship over to the Presentation Brothers School Trust. The school was originally located in Laburnum House, Model Farm Road, and the new school building opened in 1971.

Sports and societies

Basketball began in Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh in the mid-1980s, and the school won All-Ireland Titles in 1991, 1995, 2005, and 2009. CSN was also named Basketball School of the Year in 2009, and a number of CSN players have played for Irish underage teams. In

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

, the school has won the Cork Colleges Senior A competition, and in 2005 won the

Corn Uí Mhuirí Corn Uí Mhuirí is the cup presented to the winners of the Munster colleges senior "A" football championship, the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools in Munster. The winners advance to the Hogan Cup, which is the All-Ire ...

. The school enters teams for Cork Colleges and Munster Colleges competitions.

Hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

is also played at the school, and a team from the school won the 1991 Munster B hurling championship and went on to participate in that year's All Ireland final losing to Callan CBS. The school also reached a Munster final in 2007. Among the CSN hurlers who have gone on to play at inter-county level are

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and

Ronan Curran Ronan Curran (born 26 February 1981) is an Irish hurling manager and former hurler who played for Cork Senior Championship club St Finbarr's. He is the current manager of the Kanturk senior hurling team. Curran played for the Cork senior hu ...

. The school has one of the oldest mountaineering clubs in Cork, founded in 1972. The school also has a debating society which, in 1998, produced the first Irish team to win the UK and Ireland Observer Mace debating competition.

Alumni

Rubyhorse Rubyhorse are a rock band from Cork, Ireland. Their debut album, '' A Lifetime In One Day'', was released in Ireland on 2 June 1995. The band relocated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1997, and following the release of three additional albums '' ...

- band formed in Coláiste an Spioriad Naoimh. Members included David Farrell, Joe Philpott, Declan Lucey, Owen Fegan and Colum Young. * Owen Fegan - musician and photographer *

John Spillane John Spillane (born 1961) is a singer-songwriter from Cork, Ireland. Musical collaborations and beginnings In Spillane's early career he was involved with several bands but most notably were Nomos and The Stargazers. Playing with whistle p ...

- folk singer *

Louis de Paor Louis de Paor (born 1961) is a well-known poet in the Irish language. Born in Cork in 1961 and educated at Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh, de Paor edited the Irish-language journal ''Innti'', founded in 1970 by Michael Davitt, Nuala Ní Dhomhna ...

- poet * Brendan O'Connor - RTÉ media personality, columnist, and comedian * Philip King - musician, broadcaster and film maker. * James O'Sullivan - writer and academic

Sports

Jimmy Barry-Murphy James Barry-Murphy (; born 22 August 1954) is an Irish hurling manager and former hurler and Gaelic footballer. He was the manager of the senior Cork county hurling team from 2011 to 2015, returning a decade after his first tenure as manager. ...

- former

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

er, hurler,

Gaelic footballer Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

, and manager of the

senior hurling team * Damien Cahalane - Cork dual player * Conor Cahalane - Cork dual player * Jack Cahalane - Cork dual player * Patrick Collins - Cork hurler * Ger Collins - Cork hurler * Ken O'Halloran - Gaelic footballer * Paul McGrath - Gaelic footballer * Neal Horgan - association footballer * Michael Slocum - Gaelic footballer * Michael Shields - Gaelic footballer * Brian Cuthbert - Cork gaelic football manager *

- Kildare Gaelic footballer *

- Cork hurler * Shane O'Neill - Cork hurler * Tim Ryan - rugby union player * Dave Ryan - rugby union player * Jamie O'Sullivan - Gaelic footballer * John Egan - association footballer * Conor Dorman - Gaelic footballer * Ian Maguire - Gaelic footballer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colaiste an Spioraid Naoimh Boys' schools in the Republic of Ireland Presentation Brothers schools Irish-language schools and college Secondary schools in County Cork 1964 establishments in Ireland Educational institutions established in 1964